The night train from Harare to Bulawayo used to be packed with passengers. But in the past 20 years, the Zimbabwean economy has derailed and the trains have been neglected. Our train to Bulawayo will ...

It's reported that at least four crew members were injured when the train crashed into another locomotive in Zimbabwe, en route to Victoria Falls from Pretoria. A Rovos Rail train derailed after ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, 30-year-old Sidumiso Nyoni took the train from her home in rural Nyamandhlovu, Zimbabwe, to the industrial city of Bulawayo to visit family. It's a distance of only 25 ...

Chugging through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable -- two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling ...

The excerpt below follows two unstoppable forces, a cargo train thundering out of Harare towards the small town of Miner’s Drift, and the competitive egos of adolescent boys. It comes from Chapter 2 ...